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How To Speak Aussie

Welcome fellow Aussies (pronounced “ozzies”) and foreigners to todays topic “How To Speak Aussie”. Our language is a bizarre and colourful one, chocker block full of swearwords that now that I’ve looked into it in more detail, apparently each have a million different meanings. In fact there are so many varieties of profanity that I have covered them in a seperate section which is linked below! Grab a cuppa, have a read and see if you can learn all the lingo!

Lammo/Lamington – Sponge cake coated in chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut, some may have a layer of strawberry jam in the middle.

Macca’s – Mc Donalds

Milo – a chocolate flavoured milk drink that is NOT MADE WITH HOT WATER ONLY YOU FUCKING IDIOTS!

Sanga – Sandwich

Sausage Sizzle – A barbecued sausage diagonally laid in a piece of bread served with or without sauce and onions – traditionally served at kids parties, school fates, on election days and on weekends at your local Bunnings store.

Schnitty – Chicken Schnitzel

Smoko – technically a smoke break but its what tradies call ‘brunch’

Snag – Sausage

Spag bol – Spaghetti Bolognese

Tim Tams – A delicious chocolate biscuit brand with a variety of flavours

Vegemite – Black deliciousness, best spread onto warm toast with butter, also goes well in a with cheese in either a sanga or a toastie.

Zooper Doopers – flavoured icy poles in a plastic tube

Beverages

Bundy – Bundaberg Rum

Cab Sav – Cabernet Savingon

Chardy – Chardonay

Champers – Champagne

Cuppa – Hot beverage

Soft Drink – Soda

Stubby – Bottle of beer

Tinny – Tin of beer

Goon – Cheap cask wine drunk right from its silver sack, usually by teenagers.

Common Sayings

Beut! Really Good

Bonza – Good

No Worries – Not a problem

Maaate – I need a favour

Crikey!/? – Wow! /WTF?

Bonkers – Crazy

Crackers – Crazy

Nutso – Crazy

Psycho – Crazy

Whacko – Crazy

Got a roo loose in the top paddock – Crazy

Chuckin a Wobbly – Acting Crazy/ Having a meltdown

Gone Burko – Gone crazy

Keep ya hair on! – Calm down

Don’t get your knickers in a knot! – Calm down

A Stubby Short of a Six Pack – Not very smart

A bit thick – Not very smart

Have a lark – Have a laugh/ joke

Cracked me up – Made me laugh

Have a sook – Act all whiney and grumpy

Fair game – Up for grabs

Fair Dinkum – Honest

Fair go – Be nice about it

Fair go – Give someone a fair chance

Have a crack – Give it a try

Flogged off – Sold cheap

Hang a Leak – Urinate

Off her tits – An intoxicated female

Righto – all right then / okay / I understand

Righto (sarcastically) – I don’t believe you

Got knackered – Hit in the balls

Am knackered – Really tired

On the tools – a tradesperson still working in/ using their trade (not yet retired)

Clothing

Daks – Pants

Trackie Daks – Tracksuit Pants

Hoodie – Hooded jumper

Jumper – Sweater

Knickers – Underwear

Undies – Underwear

Scungies – Lycra undie type things that young girls often put on over the top of their normal undies if they wear skirts to school so that – to quote my daughter – “the boys don’t see my undies if I do a handstand”.

G Banger/ G String – A Thong

Thongs – Flip Flops

Uggies – Ugg boots /sheepskin slippers

Crocs – Bogan footwear half shoe/ half thong made of rubber with holes in the top

Body Parts

Noggin – head

Clacker – Bum e.g. “Got my undies stuck up my clacker” = A wedgie

Fanny – Vagina

Assorted Other Things

Bindi’s – Little weeds with spikes balls sticking out that invade lawns across the continent during summer praying on the bare feet of children.

Brolly – umbrella

Canteen – Cafeteria

Chucked – Vomited

Ciggies / Smokes – Cigarettes

Cyclone – Hurricane

Hills Hoist – A square shaped washing line that spins around and doubles as an amusement ride for small children and drunk teenagers.

Kindy – Kindergarten

Knock Off – Steal / A cheap replica / To finish work

Mozzie – Mosquito

Nicked – Stole

Paddock – field

Rip – An ocean current that silently drags you out to sea

Roo – Kangaroo

Scorcher – A really hot day

Slip n slide – a plastic sheet you put on an incline, add soap & water and slide down it, usually landing in a patch of bindi’s.

Tele – Television

Two Up – A gambling game that for some reason is only legal to play in Australia after 1pm on Anzac Day.

Struggling with mental health, I was sat on a psych ward and inspired to start my very own blog! So here we are, welcome to life’s in the eyes of lauren where I’ll be tackling difficult topics and sharing my personal experiences, mainly focusing on mental health but also social services, the care system, living away from my biological family, school struggles and just life in general! i am writing to help poeple, if that means ive helped one person, ive achieved my goal. I hope you enjoy reading, Good Vibes Only xoxo